It seems commonplace today to use the noun 'Google' as a verb, which is incorrect and ungrammatical:
INCORRECT
'to Google something'
CORRECT
'to search for something on Google'
2007-08-16 09:48:19 · 38 answers · asked by Ivan Drago 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Google
It is a verb, used colloquially.
2007-08-16 09:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by marie 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Oxford University has long provided the Oxford English Dictionary. The world's most respected and most recognised resource relevant to the English Language.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines Google as a verb which originated from the noun form originally attributed to the popular search engine Google.
The verb to Google someone or something is officially recognised by the Oxford University and has been incorporated into the English langage accordingly.
2007-08-17 12:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: google2
Part of Speech: v
Definition: to search for information on the Internet, esp. using the Google search engine
Example: We googled to find the definition of the new word.
Seems it's now in the dictionary as a verb and noun
2007-08-16 09:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by keeprockin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well it is now. It's officially been added to several dictionaries.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
Goo·gle (gōō'gəl) Pronunciation Key
A trademark used for an Internet search engine. This trademark often occurs in print as a verb, sometimes in lowercase: "A high school English teacher ... recently Googled a phrase in one student's paper and found it had been taken from a sample essay of an online editing service" (Chris Berdik).
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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source
Main Entry: google1
Part of Speech: v
Definition: to search for information about a specific person through the Google search engine
Example: She googled her high school boyfriends.
Etymology: trademark Google
Usage: googling n
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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Main Entry: google2
Part of Speech: v
Definition: to search for information on the Internet, esp. using the Google search engine
Example: We googled to find the definition of the new word.
Etymology: trademark Google
Usage: googling n
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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WordNet - Cite This Source
google
noun
1. a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
verb
1. search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine; "He googled the woman he had met at the party"; "My children are googling all day"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
2007-08-16 09:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by tetlitea 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually it is you who are incorrect. Look it up in the dictionary. google
One entry found for google.
Main Entry: goo·gle
Pronunciation: 'gü-g&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): goo·gled; goo·gling /-g(&-) li[ng]/
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Google, trademark for a search engine
: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web
2007-08-16 09:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by CB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, what everybody said. It's slang, it's become so hugely popular that it is immediately associated with a search. Loved the comment about language evolving. But teenagers always have a language all of their own and the cool words keep changing from year to year. Fascinating.
2007-08-16 09:57:22 · answer #6 · answered by CelesteMoone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the brilliant thing about the English language is that it is constantly developing. The verb 'to Google' is just a new evolution which reflects the major impact Google has had.
2007-08-16 09:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by reniannen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a verb according to websters new millenium dictionary
Main Entry: google1
Part of Speech: v
Definition: to search for information about a specific person through the Google search engine
2007-08-16 09:58:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry but the verb "to Google" entered the OED a year ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb)
2007-08-16 09:55:29 · answer #9 · answered by apollonius 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
umm it's an actual word now...
Main Entry: google
Part of Speech: (v)
Definition: to search for information on the Internet, esp. using the Google search engine
Example: We googled to find the definition of the new word.
Etymology: trademark Google
Usage: googling (n)
2007-08-16 09:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a verb, now. Sorry you don't like it.
Do you ever use the word "contact" as a verb, I wonder? That was incorrect and ungrammatical 70 years ago.
Vocabulary changes. So does grammar, perhaps more slowly.
2007-08-16 09:55:53 · answer #11 · answered by Colin G 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋